Noomi Rapace has signed on to star in What Happened to Monday? an indie sci-fi drama from Tommy Wirkola, the writer-director of Dead Snow and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.
Following a script by Max Botkin, Monday will see Rapace play the multiple roles of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings. The seven must overcome their own differences and avoid government execution in order to solve the disappearance of one of their own.
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Despite a paltry $54 million domestic gross, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters took in over a $150 million internationally. This was enough for Paramount Pictures to begin work on a sequel.

While HBO has made no comment on the future of their hit series Game of Thrones, cast members have made mention that the series will return for a fourth season. It makes sense, considering the upcoming third season only covers about half of Storm of Swords. Also word has come that the premium cable channel is considering a prequel series that details the struggle for the Iron Throne and is based on a series of novellas set 100 years before the events of the show and starring two characters named Dunk and Egg.

The metallic sound of samurai swords slicing through the air. That.s what I.m taking away from the latest clip from Jon M. Chu.s G.I. Joe: Retaliation. We.ve seen ninja Kung Fu fights in big-screen epics before, but I don.t recall them sounding quite like this. The clip was posted on IGN, and is a must-watch if you are getting pumped for the arrival of Chu.s sequel, which hits theaters next week.
Fans have been waiting longer than expected for the follow up to Stephen Sommers. hit, G.I. Joe. It was last May when Paramount decided to push the sequel out of Summer 2012 and retrofit the movie to 3D. Since then, we have been building toward the movie.s release with viral videos, posters and extended previews attached to theatrical prints of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.
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Another fairytale reboot, but director Bryan Singer gives this one a bit of entertaining fee-fi-fo-fum

The fairytale reboot is one of Hollywood's newest and most unwelcome inventions: children's tales ramped up and complicated with added PG action and lite sexiness, and mostly with their charm and psychological insight stripped out. The recent Hansel and Gretel reimagining was about as pleasurable as adult chicken pox. But I have to admit that against the odds, this new version of the panto fave Jack and the Beanstalk is watchable in a ridiculous way, and director Bryan Singer supplies quite a bit of entertainment bang for your buck.

Nicholas Hoult is Jack, now a young-adult hottie rather than a mere lad, and what he has to sell is a horse, rather than an undignified cow. The five beans he gets create a beanstalk that leads to a mysterious land of giants. The sinister and
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Hey ninjas, you just have to watch this great clip from the upcoming G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation movie! Just for a record, we’re actually talking about 4-minute preview that was shown in theaters before screenings of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. It’s all about Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes and their epic battle, which means only one thing – action is guaranteed! Based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe toy, comic and media franchises, this action adventure movie is a follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, which grossed over $300 million worldwide. Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and directed...
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The four-minute long ninja fight sequence from G.I. Joe: Retalitaion that was previewed before Hansel And Gretel is now online, showcasing a brawl between fan favorites Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Jinx, as well as a bunch of high-flying red ninjas. We've seen bits and pieces of this sequence thus far and it's still just a piece of the whole as presented here, but it should give you a good sense for the overall flow of the film. It looks pretty finished to me, complete with Henry
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It's been said that the fairy tale film trend is well past its 'happy ever after' stage, with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and Jack the Giant Slayer not exactly casting a spectacular spell on critics or the box office.

However, Jack has yet to open in many European territories (it launches in the UK this weekend, March 22) or in Japan and latin America, so there's chance yet for it to improve on its $91 million earnings and recoup more of that whopping $195 million production cost.

Hansel and Gretel has found the magic ingredient to success with its modest $50 million budget (which it has crucially exceeded in North American ticket sales) and has now taken just over $205 million worldwide.

You may think there can't be much more mileage in this particular story of Grimm-with-guns-and-gore, but the financial takings have been enough to convince Paramount Pictures, MGM and MTV Films to announce a witch-hunting sequel.
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EW has confirmed that Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, the twist on the classic fairy tale, is getting a sequel. The movie, which chronicles Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel’s (Gemma Arterton) journey from innocent victims of a candy house to vengeful witch hunters, grossed $200 million globally. Although its success was met mostly overseas (the movie only earned about $50 million domestically), enthusiasm for the concept and the film itself was enough to give producers Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick a reason to give the film another installment.

If you want a sure sign of what the global market looks like, Hollywood has got you covered. Even though Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters only earned $55m domestically, the movie scored over $150m internationally, and those numbers are prompting Paramount and MGM to partner on a potential sequel. According to Variety, the studios want a second helping of the Tommy Wirkola-directed film, but it’s unclear as to whether they’ll be able to get Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner back. Pure gut-reaction guess? The pair won’t be back, and it won’t matter. They’ll made Hansel and Gretel 2: Witchier with two new faces, trade off the name recognition of the first to make back diminished returns and leave Terry Gilliam to scratch his head over what happened with The Brothers Grimm.
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Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters sailed passed the $200m. at the international box office over the weekend. And coming off the back of its success, Paramount have officially announced that a sequel is in the works.

Deadline report that the film’s international box office numbers have been a key to the decision to move on with a sequel.

Released back in January in the Us, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters opened in the top spot at the box office in the States. Its performance has been moderate-to-successful in the Us, settling at just over $54m.

The film has taken more than three quarters of its revenue abroad, however, and the international figures have clearly impressed the studio enough to move ahead with the follow-up.

As of yet, it’s not known whether Wirkola will be back on board for the second film, after writing
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"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" will be fighting the good fight for another day. A sequel for the movie is being developed, and the announcement comes less than two months after the Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner-starring film hit theaters.

Deadline has the news, and credits the movie's global box office success as a main reason that a follow up is being made. MGM and Paramount have reportedly confirmed that a sequel is being worked on, with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Beau Flynn expected to return as producers.

But what about the mains stars, or director Tommy Wirkola? The Deadline article does not mention whether they are contracted to return for another movie. The two talented leads definitely helped make the movie, and it is hard to picture a sequel working quite as well without the same Hansel and Gretel.

It may have only made $54 million at the U.S. box office and suffered from poor reviews (the film currently boasts a 15% freshness rating over at reviews aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes as of this article), but Tommy Wirkola’s “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” turned a nice little profit overseas, raking in over $150 million. That gave the horror/action/comedy a groovy $205 million gross from a $50 million production budget. In Hollywood, that’s a no-brainer for a sequel. So it comes as no surprise that Paramount and MGM have officially begun developing a sequel to the film starring Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner as an unlikely brother and sister team of witch hunters, equipped with ridiculous weaponry and one-liners. The first movie had as much sense as a movie about Hansel and Gretel growing up to be witch hunters, but it’s definitely one of those movies that delivers on its own premise.
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The industry heads at Paramount have greenlit a follow-up to January’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters after the film recently surpassed $200 million at the global box office. Tommy Wirkola’s reinterpretation of the classic fairytale was greeted with mixed reviews both critically and commercially last month, but the studio is pushing ahead with the film’s sequel regardless.

It’s a news story not many expected, in truth. An opening weekend of $19 million is hardly considered a blockbuster hit, plus, the month of January has become known as the cinematic lull for releases in the wake of the annual Oscars’ zenith. More to the point, the studio itself pushed the film from its initial March 2012 release to January 2013, a decision which many interpreted as showing a lack of confidence in the production. Nonetheless, the successful financial turnout gave Paramount the impetus they needed, but will the studio stretch
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"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton, was released in January and went on to gross $55 million domestically, just barely earning back its $50 million budget. Overseas, the film grossed another $151 million, crossing the $200 million globally. Apparently Paramount Pictures is happy with the results, because now comes word that the studio is moving forward with a sequel. While it's not clear who will be returning, Paramount said that the new film is officially in development. "Hansel and Gretel," which has a lousy 15% fresh rating on RottenTomatoes, cost $50 million, but that doesn't include marketing costs. And since the studio has to split revenue with theater owners, I wouldn't be surprised if Paramount Pictures ended up profiting under $50 million. While that's a good amount of money, the studio believes that it can top that with a sequel, seeing amazing potential in international markets.
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"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" is getting a sequel, Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and MTV Films announced on Monday.
The 3D action flick was no blockbuster in the United States, but $151 million abroad -- which accounts for 73.4 percent of the movie's $205.9 million total haul -- has apparently encouraged all the partners involved to begin developing another hunt for Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton.
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Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick of Gary Sanchez Productions are expected to return as producers,
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Though Tommy Wirkola's Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters didn't exactly light the box office on fire here in the States (it raked in just $54 million domestically), the flick did big business elsewhere, earning $151 million overseas, bringing its total box office to $205 million worldwide. You know what that means.

Deadline is reporting that a sequel to the flick is on its way courtesy of Paramount and MGM. No word yet on whether or not Wirkola or stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton will be coming back for more, but we hope that this next flick has more Derek Mears. You can never have too much after all.

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel (Renner) and Gretel (Arterton) have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted and
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